The Competition Is Based On Price And It’s Vicious!

It’s Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. “Looking to buy a house in Culpeper? There are plenty to choose from, and they’re going cheap. Looking to sell a house in Culpeper? Lots of other homeowners are as well, values have plummeted and foreclosures are at an all-time high [more...]

Date: 2008-07-25 18:14:50

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Cotacachi Mayor’s House

Recent messages looked at how Merri and I search for Cotacachi real estate. The road paving we have been tracking is now done. [ ... . We keep our eyes open every day and the search pays off. Today, near Primavera II condos… cotacachi-real-estate Around the corner from Cotacachi’s Mayor’s house (which is for sale) … cotacachi [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 07:01:24

My weekend in Sunriver

was a blast! I had a ton of fun just hanging out, drinking, and relaxing from life ... and I would recommend it to everyone. We got back to the house and enjoyed some more foosball battles, hot ... through Sunriver was behind our house and some our friends had discovered that the pond that was part [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 07:02:19

LiveBlog: The Inaugural Parade of Inaugural Paradiness

5:11 - I think that's all we really need to say about the parade. That's actually much more than I thought could be said about the parade ... - Wow. The Obamas are in their new house. That's very exciting for some reason. 4:36 - Hey, look ... to the White House so he can start working on fixing this economy. 4:11 - They're getting back [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 19:25:26

Pro Tennis Players’ Houses — Roddick, Evert, McEnroe, Agassi, Graf, Wilander, Nagelsen McCormack, Seles

If you’re a tennis fan, you relish the thwack-thwack sound of the ball as it is pulverized across the net as one of tennis’ Grand Slams, the U.S ... Andre, Steffi Graf purchased this 3,010 sq ft Mediterranean-style home on Hibiscus Island, a small ... d like to serve up (pun intended) a few homes you might enjoy. Andy Roddick’s house 4104 Shimmering [more...]

Date: 2008-09-04 19:42:26

9 Ways Twitter Can Help in the Real World

We already know the networking and business benefits of using Twitter ... Warnings About to leave the house? Check those local twitter warnings to see if anything bad is going ... for a conference? Book one with a Twitter friend (or stay at their house). Don’t have anyone to go skiing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 15:52:06

Hiring Home Remodeling Contractor Wise Or Not?

Current housing slump affects the value of your real estate property. The rise in mortgage interest did not help either. What to do with it? ... you have for a change are to either sell the house and buy a new one, or a better option which is to remodel [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 08:00:26

PM Roundup: What’s This About An Inauguration?

Obviously, today was a huge day for America. Congratulations to our new President Barack Obama. Here’s a look at the transition between Presidents at the White House today. Just like moving ... at his house the evidence had been destroyed. (Times Union) First we had David Beckham [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 20:00:02

San Diego Housing Industry Outlook For 2009

I’m going to republish a little forecasting I did, about ten months ago, on Active Rain.  I’ll offer some comments in italics (discussing 2009) ... dollars.  While, Virginia, there still is a Santa Claus, he won’t be staying long at your house [more...]

Date: 2008-09-21 18:32:50

I’M ADDICTED TO THE BULLETS

I had a nice post all planned out, but it always happens that I scrap the scheduled posts for the spur of the moment posts ... weekend of eating and drinking and playing cards with Elyse, I’m left with a house full of bad-for-me foods. I threw some of it away, because I cannot be in a house with Oreos. The giant bottle [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 07:02:59

Interested in the Benefits of Wet Sauna Treatments?

What are the benefits of wet sauna treatments? Well, to begin with, ... and skin. Some people like to build an outdoor sauna near their house in a separate cabin, it’s probably more cheap that way than trying to convert a room of your house into a sauna. You’d be amazed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 03:40:33

Hump Day Hotlinks #5

By Roberto Bernardi Decorating on a Budget This really hits home because, as you all know, we have just moved into a house, ... trying to unpack everything and set up the house the way I want it - plus keeping on top of cleaning [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 03:09:14

CBS Poll: 71% of Americans ‘Optimistic’ After Obama Win

At the top of Tuesday’s CBS Early Show, co-host Julie Chen declared: "Breaking news ... at one of President Bush’s first policy proposals: "A narrow majority of Americans also believe that Bush ... Bush at the White House. CBS News chief White House correspondent Chip Reid joins us this morning [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 18:32:07

THE FIRST 100 DAYS: Now We’ll See If Obama Is Serious About Finding Common Ground With Conservatives

There were many themes in President Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address that conservatives could sign-off on ... House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) President Bush, center ... , and his wife Michelle Obama, right, on the North Portico of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 02:40:16

(Photo of North Portico of White House courtesy Kathleen Andersen) ... be considered the world’s most famous home since it houses the U.S. president — leader of the free ... will become home to the 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama and his family. With Obama’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 12:30:37

Best Deal in Locust Curve! Open House Sunday 2-4

The best deal in Locust Curve is this great two-story home! But don’t take my word for it, come and see me on Sunday from 2-4 p.m. at 194 Overtrick Drive. (Map It!) Entering this lovely home you’ll be greeted with an open floor plan and contemporary painting that makes it a great house. The kitchen offers upgraded cupboards [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 05:48:39

Noooo Edinburgh, Don't Lift Ban on Changing Windows in Historic Structures

Hill House, Scotland, Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Can you imagine this in vinyl? John recently wrote that "Rising fuel costs and environmental concerns have forced councillors to consider lifting a ban on double glazed windows in Edinburgh's most historic buildings. Hundreds [more...]

Date: 2008-09-04 20:40:12

White House Dot Gov Soiled on the First Day

That didn’t take very long at all. Barack Obama hasn’t been president for a day and he’s already shitting on the carpet, turning the normally non-partisan White House dot government website into a partisan attack tool. So much for “A National Day for Renewal and Reconciliation“. Here’s the screen shots, taken [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 07:27:44

What Does It Mean When. . .James Steinberg Painted His House in March?

In part, it means something I blogged yesterday was wrong. It happens now and then. Yesterday, I wrote a piece here at TWN that tried to share with readers how I got some insights into the Joe Biden VP selection story a bit earlier than the mainstream [more...]

Date: 2008-08-31 14:20:22

Italian Lake House by Marco Castelletti

This is truly an impressive Lake House set in Como, Italy ... design and the horizontal structure. The modern home is built on the slope of a hill with stairs ... . A serene view, a brilliant amalgamation of Italian design and modern furniture, are just a few things [more...]

Date: 2008-11-07 21:26:47

Obama Takes Power, Urges Unity vs. 'Raging Storms'

Before a jubilant crowd of more than a million, ... House while Congress gives his economic revival plan a going-over and takes up the nomination ... out the door. And even though new White House aides struggled to find offices and work intercoms [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 09:02:21

Crowds Disperse as Obama Arrives at White House

After President Obama and his family arrived at the White House late this afternoon, spectators along the inaugural parade route thinned out considerably, beginning the final exodus of a historic crowd that created massive backups in streets and subway stations [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 09:49:30

Gene Leedy-Designed House For Sale in Winter Haven, FL

From Martie Lieberman at Modern Sarasota... There is an important Gene Leedy-designed "Sarasota School of Architecture" house for sale. It is located on Drexel Avenue in the heart of "Leedy-Land" in Winter Haven, Florida. Check the slide show and floor plan here. More details after the jump... Featured in Sarasota Modern [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 02:23:03

A Hint Of The Nightmare To Come

It’s Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. “For four years the Neal family called a two-family house in New Haven, home. The Neals have had their house on the market for a year and a half. They’re frustrated but patient. They understand this is a tough time to sell [more...]

Date: 2008-10-31 21:25:41

Firefighters in the house…

No, my house didn’t catch on fire. Though it could from these HOT firefighters on my new 2009 wall calendar ... to know the guy’s name. I plan to look it up so we can be on a first-name basis. So Mr. January [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 05:23:30

Form, Function, Fellowship, and Unity

Recently, in some circles, there has been a lot of discussion over the relative value of church programs and leadership structures ... together regularly, both in the temple courts, and from house to house (Acts 2:46-47). We also [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 07:00:04

Live Blogging Barack Obama's Swearing-In Ceremony

Written by Sommer Mathis, Jen Chung and Aaron Morrissey 10:45 a.m.: Here we go, America. Jill Biden and Lynne Cheney kicked things off by exiting the White House together and entering ... House." No word on what Michelle gave Laura earlier. First Lady Laura Bush and Michelle Obama [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 15:52:41

The ATM Known As Your House Has Shut Down

The Missoulian reports from Montana. “The Missoula Symphony Orchestra is not in the business of selling houses ... has really hit home in Missoula. ‘Right now, we seem to be doing fine,’ said Murphy. ‘Who knows,’ [more...]

Date: 2008-11-30 18:10:53

Boringly functional artwork in the service of marketing homes: If people can’t figure out what you’re selling, they won’t buy it

I wrote about the back side of that card last week ... small way, we launch a house in the same we someone else might launch a new car or a new kind of dishwasher or a new magazine. Those business-card-sized Open House cards will be distributed to 6,000 [more...]

Date: 2008-10-11 17:22:16

Mashable Developer and Web 2.0 Job Guide

Mashable’s job boards are currently open for business and we at Mashable firmly believe that one of the lucky recipients of a new job can be you ... . Perl Developer at Publisher’s Clearing House in Port Washington, NY. Publishers Clearing House (PCH [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 19:54:02

The Sellers Aren’t People, They’re Banks

The Monterey County Herald reports from California ... Attorney Annie Michaels.” “O’Meara, reached at his Pebble Beach home, said he plans to fight ... on the project, with O’Meara losing his Pebble Beach home, a house in Bass Lake and two houses in Fresno.” [more...]

Date: 2008-06-30 22:28:53

Firefighters battle house fire near Jarrell

Firefighters spent Tuesday evening trying to contain a fire near Jarrell ... on just how much damage the fire did before firefighters could knock it down. From KVUE News, Austin ... . Williamson County officials say the fire started at a house at 1460 County Road 314 around 4 p.m. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 04:13:57

Fresh MoCo: Bottle House, Cosmic Burst, Trompe l'Oeil

The past week saw some additions of note to the pages of Fresh MoCo ... Holl’s Porosity Bench, and Andrea Salvini picked up on the angles in four designs for modern cabins ... . The Klein Bottle House, a holiday home outside Melbourne, is a many-facetted structure [more...]

Date: 2008-06-10 13:06:43

Afghan jihadist to Obama: "You should also cause one more addition to the U.S. history by becoming the first president to accept the Truth and by adopting the true faith of Islam"

In issuing this invitation to Obama to accept Islam, Maulawy Anwarulhaq Mujahid is following Muhammad's instructions: ... Omar have released an open letter. Entitled "An Open Letter to the White House from the Peaks ... to control the White House. The letter, dated December 27, 2008, urges him to create another history [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 18:47:28

ORDOS 100 #10: Johnston Marklee & Associates

This villa is located in plot #46 of the ORDOS project ... in charge: Sharon Johnston AIA, Mark Lee Project Architect: Anton Schneider Project team: Owen ... of House House emerges from an interest in finding the most elemental model for a city. As a type [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 18:00:16

A typical day in Jammu

Our bedroom is part of a 3-room building separate from the main house. The room has 3-exposed walls made of concrete ... house for breakfast. There is no table as you’d recognise, just a foam mat on the floor with a table [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 07:18:27

Choosing a Dog for the White House

Thanks for your patience as it’s been a few weeks since we’ve published a Good Dog episode ... for the right breed to move into the White House. In addition to sharing her knowledge about choosing a breed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 06:27:11

Book Review - The Wrong House: The Architecture of Alfred Hitchcock

The Wrong House: The Architecture of Alfred Hitchcock, by Steven Jacobs (available on Amazon USA and UK.) ... with the help of a number of reconstructed floor plans especially made for this publication [more...]

Date: 2008-06-11 13:19:09

Project enclosures that are nicer than the projects they contain

canarykit.jpg This site shows some really nice enclosures that were built to house a basic sensor board. The housings include one made from an old Sea Salt tube, Squeeze Bottle, video mailer box [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 14:57:21

Rice Pushes for Gaza Cease-Fire That Is 'Durable and Sustainable'

ABC News' Rachel Martin Reports: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice spoke to reporters at the White House after briefing President ... to the press during trips to the White House, so while her statement didn't provide any new [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 16:08:55

White House gets a new website

Picture 3 Change has come to America. The White house has launched it's new internet 2.0 website ... site design offers some pretty sophisticated new interactive features and asks Americans for input [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 05:22:30

Aliza Noelle

For those of you who follow me on Twitter, this will be old news (but with new pictures!!!). Audra had her baby girl at 10:25 p.m. last night ( ... like a lunatic and cleaning out drawers I never even knew we had because I am so excited I can barely ... have now moved to every three minutes. I freak out and start barking orders to everyone in the house [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 21:22:00

Concerts and Events On Sale and Presale Today, Jan, 21 2009 (times in Eastern)

table.event_table tr { font-size: 12px; } table.event_table tr td { border-bottom: 1px solid gray; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; } body { ... - a Tribute To Sublime House of Blues Orlando Orlando, FL Mar 6, 2009 10:00 amBen Folds Cintas Center ... Password) House of Blues Cleveland Cleveland, OH Apr 2, 2009 10:00 amHammer of the Gods: Led [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 02:27:00

Baby Shower Gift Ideas

My oldest daughter is pregnant.  She’s expecting a little girl in April.  This is my first grandbaby and I’m so excited.  Every once in a while it hits me.. there is really going to be another baby around the house ... to do it. The other item I bought is a casting kit which can be used to make a wiggle-friendly mold of baby’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 04:23:22

Re: What is a “Sustainable and Durable” Ceasefire?

Rick, it’s not a good sign when the State Department adopts environmentalist jargon to address military conflicts ... by a reporter, Rice said she had no plans to visit the Middle East to broker peace in the waning days ... in Washington rather than being in the region right now,” White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe said later [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 18:07:48

Inauguration City: This Week In Preparation

You might be able to rent your living quarters for Inauguration weekend at wildly inflated prices -- but you can forget ... to inform them that she plans on drafting legislation to criminalize such sales. (And yes, Feinstein's ... seating along the parade route from the Capitol to the White House. In 2005, there were [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 15:22:25

And now the hard work begins

Bush is gone, back in Texas.  Please stay there.  Today is a great day in history - a black man becomes president and he’s not some republican ... and his own party, with a substantial majority in both houses of congress, to pass all the legislation needed to make this country a fair and just place for all.   The fourth branch of government [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 02:57:45

A Self-Fulfilling Thing In Florida

The Orlando Sentinel reports from Florida. “A federal bankruptcy court this month approved the sale of 122 acres that were once planned for vacation ... of these folks mortgaged their house to come up with the down payment. Some of them are retired. It’s not easy for them,’ said attorney Nick Bangos, who represents about 106 investors.” The Palm Beac [more...]

Date: 2008-09-17 13:40:10

Riddled In Buyer’s Remorse

It’s Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. “Housing clearance rates remained soft across the country over the weekend, ... of recovering from their torpor. The Australian reported many homes continue to sell for well under ... , bought her retirement home in the town of Tolleson, Arizona, in 1996. ‘It was supposed to be my dream [more...]

Date: 2008-10-24 22:58:03

This Week’s Weird Jobs

Have you noticed that there are an awful lot of get-rich-quick schemes and odd jobs populating most work classifieds lately? ... repairs, do minor cleaning of common areas and generally attend to tenant needs on site. Usually ... . - Ensure consistency in rolling the sushi roll and interaction with customers. - Keep the front house [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 16:38:28

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